These states seem to be a minority, see Intellectual Property and the Employee Engineer[1] California CA Labor 2870 -2872 Delaware 19 Del.C. s 805

These states seem to be a minority, see Intellectual Property and the Employee Engineer[1] California CA Labor 2870 -2872 Delaware 19 Del.C. s 805 Illinois 765 I.L.C.S. 1060/2 Kansas K.S.A. 44-130 Minnesota M.S.A. 181.78 North Carolina G.S. s 66-57.1 Washington RCWA 49.44.140, 150 Utah UT ST s 34-39-3 [1]: https://www.ieeeusa.org/members/IPandtheengineer.pdf https://www.ieeeusa.org/members/IPandtheengineer.pdf